[etni] Fw: Teachers as Proctors
- From: "Maxine" <maxine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ETNI" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:38:57 +0200
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Maxine" <maxine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <golomb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [etni] Teachers as Proctors
> Just a gut reaction, strongly influenced by the grueling experience of
> yesterday, to Nina's comment about all the "free hours" that we teachers
> "benefit" from:
>
> Who is going to compensate us for all the hours that we gave yesterday?
We
> were at school until 9:00 PM. Before we are so generous with our "free"
> time we should give a thought to all the extra hours we give to our
schools
> in testing pupils orally, preparing cassettes, and endless other services
> that we perform without the slightest compensation.
> Excuse me, oh yes, we are supposed to get paid for 25 minutes of work
> testing the Modular exams orally. If there is anyone out there who
tested
> an LD pupil orally on Module B or C yesterday and spent only 25 minutes
> doing so, please stand up!!! Do you know that those who did Shiatuk
> yesterday are not paid for it? That's what our secretary told us.
>
> Add up all the extra hours that you put in over the year and you'll see
> they
> come to WAY more than the "free" hours Yud Bet teachers have in May and
June
> (which most of us don't have too many of anyway, because we're asked to
> proctor Magen exams.)
>
> Hoping to be less exhausted and in a better mood by tomorrow, Maxine
> Tsvaigrach
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "golomb" <golomb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "etni" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:06 AM
> Subject: [etni] Teachers as Proctors
>
>
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> > I would like to clarify certain points about my suggestion that teachers
> proctor exams. First of all, all English teachers have stopped teaching
> 12th grade as of yesterday (and probably quite a while before). There is
> still a month left until the end of the school year and teachers benefit
> from many free hours. Therefore, no teacher should gripe about having to
> return some of those hours, even if they are in the afternoon.
> > My suggestion that teachers proctor is both practical and economical.
If
> two teachers proctor (as is the current practice with the external
> proctors), the chances of inefficient proctoring drop considerably. Of
> course, as I mentioned previously, no teacher should be allowed to proctor
> his own subject.
> > I honestly think that this method will produce stricter proctoring,
which
> costs the ministry nothing. If any teacher objects to proctoring once or
> twice (in lieu of the hours he doesn't have to teach) then it is no wonder
> that the public thinks that teachers are lazy and don't want to do
anything
> outside of their working hours!
> > Nina
> >
> >
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